Ajay Navariais the author of two collections of short stories, Patkatha aur Anya Kahaniyan (2006) and Yes Sir (2012), and a novel, Udhar ke Log (2008). He has been associated with the premier Hindi literary journal Hans. Navaria teaches in the Hindi department at Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi. A selection of his short stories has been published in English asUnclaimed Terrain.